Stock-watering trough



(NQ Model.)

` W. KOUNS.

STOCK WATBRING TROUGH. N0.-443,446. Patented Dec. 23, 1,890.

mno., wAsmNmon n c Q UNITED STATES i PATENT OFFICE.

VESLEY KOUNS, OF SALINA, KANSAS.

sTocK-wATERlNe TRouel-l.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,446, dated December23, 1890.

Application filed December 16, 1889. Serial No. 333,978. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WESLEY KOUNs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salina, in the county of Saline and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in' Stock-IVateringTroughs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

My invention relates to new and useful iinproveinents in stock-wateringtroughs; and it consists in the improved construction and arrangement orcombination of parts, hereinafter fully disclosed in the description,drawings, and claims.

The objects of iny invention are, iirst, to provide improved means forkeeping water in a stock-watering reservoir or trough at a substantiallyuniform temperature during the different seasons of the year, or cool inwarm weather and at about the same temperature, or free from freezing,in cold weather; second, to provide a stock-watering reservoir or troughwith outer, intermediate or central, and inner walls or shells forforming two or incre air-spaces; third, to provide such a stockwaterin gtrough with a bottom which is raised a considerable distance toward itstop, so as to leave a large air chamber or space below said bottom, and,fourth, to provide improved means for connecting and securing thecomponent parts of my stock-watering reservoir or trough. These objectsare accomplished by the novel construction and arrangement of the partsillustrated in the. accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which the saine reference-numerals indicate the sameparts, and in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical section of myimproved stock-watering reservoir or trough, showing it in operativeposition or seated in a cavity in the earth; and Fig. 2, a horizontaltransverse section of said trough, the sect-ion being taken on a linebeneath the waterchamber.

In the drawings, the numeral l indicates the entire stock-wateringreservoir or trough, which is preferably cylindrical in foi-in, althoughit may be constructedV in any other suitable desired shape. This troughis closed at its upper end by atop or cover 2, having an annular flange3 projecting downwardly from its periphery and overlapping the upper endof the outer wall or shell 4. of said trough; 5 5

also, said top or cover is formed with another inner annular flange 5 onits under side for supporting and spacing or holding apart theintermediate or central wall or shell 6 and the inner wall or shell7 ofsaid trough, which 6o are respectively placed with their upper endsagainst the outer and inner sides or faces of said iiange 5. The lowerends of these cylindrical walls or shells rest upon blocks 8, formedwith curved transverse grooves 9 in their up- 65 per faces, within whichare fitted the edges of the lower ends of said shells. The reservoir ortrough, as thus constructed with three shells, is spaced or formed tocontain two airspaces 10. A suitable number of rods or long 7o bolts llare passed through the outer air-space lO and are formed withscrew-threaded upper and lowerA ends, which extend through the cover 2of the trough and the blocks S, and

are secured in place by the washers l2 and 7 5 the nuts 13. These rodsor bolts, washers, nuts, grooved blocks, and the flanged top or cover ofthe trough serve to properly space and rigidly hold the three shells intheir proper relative positions when assembled for 8o use, and also topermit of their detachment for cleaning, repair, transportation, andsimilar purposes.

Interiorly of the inner shell 7 and at or near the mid-length of thetrough l is suitably se- 85 cured the bottom le, which, in connectionwith the lower portion of said inner shell, forms a large air-space l5within said trough and beneath the water-chamber 16, this air-space, in

connection with the surrounding air-spaces 9o air-space and enters saidwater-chamber cen- 9.5

trally of its bottom. This pipe along its inner vertical portion is alsopractically isolated from the effects of heat and cold. Also, said pipeis provided with the inlet-valve 18, se-

cured to the inner end of the lever 19, which ico is connected to theiioat 2O by means of the rod 21, these parts operating to regulate theflow of water into said water-chamber in the same manner as thecorresponding devices in the patent granted to me November i), lSSG, No.351,781.

The cover is torlned with the. openings 22 for receiving and supportingthe removable buckets 23, which are formed with small holes in or neartheir bottoms, which are covered by the Hap-valves 2l, pivoted to theinner walls of' said buckets. These valves admit the inflow ot the waterwhile the buckets are in place, but close by the pressure of the waterwhen said buckets are removed for cleaning and the like, and prevent theescape into the water-chamber of any refuse or dirt which may accumulatein said buckets. rlhe cover 2 is preferably made of cast metal andprovided on its under side with the re-enforcing rib or strip 25, whichmay be made of any suitable material for strengthening said cover.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that in the use of my improvedstock-watering` reservoir or trough it is so placed in acorrespondinglyshaped cavity formed in the earth that a sufiicientportion of its length will project above the earths surface to enablestock to easily obtain access thereto; that the wa ter-supply pipeprojects downwardly and horizontally, leads to a source of supply torthe water, and is embedded in the earth to a sutficient depth to preventthe water passing therethrough from freezing in cold weather and keepthe same cool in warm weather, but that this pipe as thus arranged isnot always indispensable, as the water maybe delivered into thewater-chamber in other ways, as through the openings in the cover, andthe usefulness of the trough remain the same; that the water-chamber inthe form et the in vention herein disclosed is surrounded by a doubleair-space and arranged above the large airspace which is formed belowits bottom and surrounds the water-supply pipe; that these air-spaceswill practically keep the wan ter in said water-chamber at an evente1nperature, or prevent the same from freezing in cold weather and keepit cool in warnt weather; that the rods or long bolts, the nuts, the topor cover of the trough, and the blocks at the lower end thereof serve tollrinly unite or se cure together the several parts ot' said trough whenoperatively assembled; that the use ot the last-named devices permit theseveral parts ofthe stock-wa teringI trough to be manufactured, shipped,and sold separately, so as to provide for wear and breakage,to be easilyplaced together, and also secured in position by an ordinary wrench inthe hands oli' any person of average intellect, and to be easy ol lremoval for cleaning and repairs, and that minor changes in theconstruction and arrangement ol the parts can be made without departinglroni the nature or principle of my invention, such as providing thetrough with more than two surrounding air-sjaces.

Having thus fully described the construction and arrangement orcombination of the several parts of my improved stock-watering trough,its use, purposes, and advantages, what l claim as new isl. ln astock-watering trough, the combination,with a water-chamber, of walls orshells surrounding the same and forming air-spaces, a cover extendingover said chamber and closing the upper ends of said shells, and araised bottom secured to theinnersurface of theinner shell and formingan air-space below said bottom, substantially as described.

In a stock-watering trough, the combinaA tion, with a water-chamber, ofwalls or shells surrounding the same and forming air'spaces, a coverextcndin g over said chamber and closing the upper ends ot' said shells,a raised bottom secured to the inner surface of the inner shell andforming an air-space below said bottom, and a water-supplypipecommunicating with said chamber, substantially as described.

ln a stoclewatcring trough, the combinaA tion, with an outer, an inner,and a central wall'oi.` shell, of a cover having a peripheral flangeoverhanging the upper end ot the outer shell and an inner flange uponits under side for spacing said inner and central shells, and means torholding said cover in place, substantially as described.

,t. In a stoclewatering trough, the combination, with an outer, aninner, and a central wall or shell, of a cover having a peripheralf'lange overhanging the upperend of theouter shell and an inner flangeupon its under side for spacing the inner and central shells, awater-chamber having' a raised bottom secured to said inner easing, andmeans for securing said shells aud cover together, sub^ stantially asdescribed.

ln a stock-watering trough, the combination, with the walls or shellsarranged to form air-spaces between them, the cover, the waterchamberhaving the raised bottom, the supporting-blocks, and means forconnecting said cover and blocks and holding said shells in place,substantially as described.

G. In a stock-watering ltrough, the combination, with an outer, aninner, and a central wall or shell and a cover having a peripheralflange ovcrhanging the upper end of said outer shell and an inner flangeupon its underside t'or spacing said inner and central shells, ot nuttedrods or bolts and suliporting-bloeks secured to the lower ends of saidrods or bolts and formed with grooves in their upper surfaces forsupporting and spacing the lower ends of said shells, substantially asdescribed.

7. A. stock-watering trough l, provided with the outer shell Ll, thecentral shell 6, the inner shell 7, the water-chamber 1G, having theraised bottom ll, the cover f2, formed with the openings 22 and with theperipheral and inner flanges 3 and 5, the buckets 23,supported in saidopenings, the supporting-blocks 8, formed with the curved grooves 9 intheir upper faces for receiving the lower ends of said IOC IIO

shells, the rods or bolts 11, formed with soreW- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in threaded upper and lower ends, extended presenceof two Witnesses. through said cover and blocks and provided with theWashers l2 and nuts 13 at their up- WESLEY KOUNS. per and lower ends,and the Water-supply pipe AWitnesses:

17, entering said Water-ohamberoentrally of F. C. MILLER,

its bottom, substantially as described. I. D. LOCKWOOD.

